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  "legislation_title": "Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "The Children's Panel",
  "text": "(1) The National Convener must appoint persons to be members of a panel to be known as the Children's Panel.\n(2) The National Convener must endeavour to ensure that—\n(a) the number of persons that the National Convener considers appropriate is appointed, and\n(b) the panel includes persons from all local authority areas.\n(3) Schedule 2 makes further provision about the Children's Panel.",
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      "text": "S. 4 in force at 19.9.2012 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2012/246, art. 2, Sch."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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